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Panama's Embera drive away death from COVID with ancestral medicine

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Panama, Aug 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Carlos Lemos) "All the brothers who went to the hospital for COVID-19 died," says Gloria Samana, a botanist from the remote Ipetí Emberá indigenous community of Alto del Bayano, Panama.Away from the chaotic capital, the Emberá, one of the seven indigenous peoples of Panama, have resorted to their traditional medicine to help COVID-19 patients.FOOTAGE OF THE EMBERA.SOUNDBITES OF GLORIA SAMANA, FROM THE EMBERA.Translation:"We want to have coordination with western knowledge because we also need help because we didn't have masks, hydroalcoholic gel and we didn't have drinking water, which is key in this process. We also want the kind of health services other people have."

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